- sudden release ➡️ powerful radio waves
- time span ➡️ very quick
- vanish rapidly
- energy released == 500 million Suns
- 30 yrs of Sun energy
- one-off phenomenon
- every time unique
- some ➡️ repeaters
- may be caused by magnetars
Neutron Stars
- dense remnants of super massive stars
- Magnetars
- more powerful magnetic field (B)
- Pulsars
- electromagnetic beam from poles
- generate E (electric field)
- Magnetars